Aathi Lingam News Today

In an ongoing investigation, the priest of the Athi Lingeswaran temple has once again been summoned by the Nedunkeni police for questioning over the temple's finances.   

The priest and member of Athi Lingeswaran temple were released on bail yesterday after they were arrested by Nedunkeni police.

The single-minded destruction of the last vestige of Hindu Heritage and Culture in Sri Lanka is being carried out inexorably by the Sri Lankan government

Mr Poobalasingham, a trustee of the Athi Sivan Kovil on Vedukkunaari hill in Nedukeni, Vavuniya, expressed his concern over the future of the temple after it the Athi Lingam was destructed last week. 

Vavuniya Nedukeni police have arrested three Tamil men who were making arrangements to restore the recently destructed Athi Lingam consecrated to Lord Siva in Vedukkunaari hill.

Hundreds of people gathered in Vavuniya to protest the destruction and vandalism of the Athi Sivan Kovil on the Vedukkunaari mountain.

Further details have surfaced following the destruction and vandalism of the Athi Lingam and theft of various consecrated items from the temple. The Athi Sivan Kovil atop the Vedukkunaari mountain in Vavuniya, which has been a place of worship for Tamil people for many generations has been renamed as Waddamana Parwatha Viharaya on Google Maps. Additionally, the Archaeological

The Athi Lingam consecrated to Lord Siva in Vedukkunaari hill in Nedunkeni, Vavuniya has been reported to be destroyed and discarded in the shrubbery surrounding the temple. Additionally many idols such as the idols of Pillaiyaar, the Mother Goddess Amman, and village deity Bhairavar were stolen from the temple as well.